Extreme weather is heading for the Oregon coast.
Coastal residents and visitors from southwest Washington to at least the Florence area should expect high winds and seas Sunday afternoon into …
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Lizzy Acker / oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/24/21
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A Spokane elementary school teacher who is opposed to the vaccination mandate and has shared debunked claims about COVID-19 vaccines has been accused of creating a hostile work environment after she …
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Jim Allen / The Spokesman-Review
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10/23/21
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Tech-industry experts, city planners and even Gov. Jay Inslee have touted self-driving cars as a panacea, cutting congestion and vehicle emissions while reducing collisions.
But an announcement …
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Katherine Anne Long / The Seattle Times (TNS)
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10/23/21
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Rescue teams called off their search around 2 a.m Saturday for a motorcyclist who hit a car on the I-90 bridge and fell into Lake Washington. After more than two hours in the water, the motorcyclist …
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Nina Shapiro / The Seattle Times
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10/23/21
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A New Jersey bank has agreed to return nearly $500,000 from accounts allegedly used during last year's $650 million unemployment fraud in Washington, the state Attorney General's Office said Friday.
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Paul Roberts / The Seattle Times
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10/23/21
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Following recommendations from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, booster doses for all three coronavirus vaccines are now available in …
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Amanda Zhou / The Seattle Times
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10/23/21
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OLYMPIA — A Spokane homeowner wanted a historic racist covenant removed from his home's title and deed. Spokane County Auditor Vicky Dalton said it was not in her authority to do so.
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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10/23/21
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OLYMPIA — Washington is ready to embrace Afghan refugees, Gov. Jay Inslee said Friday.
Inslee welcomed arriving Afghans at an event at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport's …
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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10/23/21
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Outreach workers are concerned following an incident Oct. 16 when three portable toilets were blown up by explosive devices at a homeless camp on Wheeler Avenue.
Police received multiple reports …
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Brandon Block / The Olympian
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10/23/21
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Rebecca Howard was revered for many things in her time, including being an outstanding hotelier and cook. Less known is that Howard was the first female business owner in Olympia.
Born around …
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Ty Vinson / The Olympian
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10/23/21
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Washington Wildlife Managers Extend Public Comment Opportunity on Contentious Spring Black Bear Hunt
Washington wildlife managers extended the public comment period for a contentious spring bear hunt, Friday.
Now, the public will have until Nov. 1 at 5 p.m. to submit written comments.
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Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review
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10/22/21
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WASHINGTON — Sen. Patty Murray and Gov. Jay Inslee on Friday announced they will lead a regional process to consider "all options" to restore declining salmon and steelhead runs in the Columbia …
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Orion Donovan-Smith and Eli Francovich / The Spokesman-Review
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10/22/21
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The Washington State University athletics has received $3.5 million in donations in the last week following the firing of former football coach Nick Rolovich over the state COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
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Laurel Demkovich / The Spokesman-Review
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10/22/21
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The U.S. Forest Service is accepting applications next month for more than 1,000 seasonal spring and summer jobs in Washington and Oregon, the agency announced.
Positions are available in multiple …
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Rolf Boone / The Olympian
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10/22/21
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A Pullman police officer was grazed by a bullet as ammunition exploded in a house fire Thursday morning.
Just before 7 a.m., residents of 1232 Lost Trail Drive heard their smoke detector go off. …
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Emma Epperly / The Spokesman-Review
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10/22/21
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WENATCHEE — Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday ordered the state Department of Corrections to pause transfers of new inmates from local jails to state prisons to stop the spread of COVID-19.
The …
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Pete O'Cain / The Wenatchee World
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10/22/21
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The U.S. Senate has approved the nomination of civil rights attorney Tana Lin to one of five vacancies on the federal bench in Western Washington, making her the first Asian American and first former …
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Mike Carter / The Seattle Times
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10/21/21
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COVID-19 transmission in Washington is decreasing, though much of how the next few months unfold depends on upcoming holiday gatherings and seasonal behavior changes, according to the newest modeling …
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Elise Takahama / The Seattle Times
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10/21/21
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A nine-month legal battle between a lawyer and the city of Portland ended Monday with the release of the previously obscured names of officers on the front lines of 2020 social justice …
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Jack Forrest / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/21/21
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Liese Behringer wound up in a hospital after Ashland, Oregon, police stopped her for suspected drunken driving two years ago but not because she was injured.
Police had Behringer, now 64, …
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Maxine Bernstein / Oregonlive.com (TNS)
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10/21/21
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